About: National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples was the national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Planning to establish National Congress was undertaken by a committee established by then Social Justice Commissioner of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Tom Calma. The organisation was announced in November 2009. Its first elected co-chairs were Jody Broun and Les Malezer. Subsequent chairs included Kirstie Parker, Jackie Huggins and Rod Little. It was registered as a charity in December 2012, but in June 2019 went into voluntary administration.